just for fun

We are the proud owners of the brand new Panasonic Lumix GH5 DSLR camera. It can shoot 4k at 60 frames per second (and 10-bit 422 colour) and it shoots 180 frames per second at full HD. It's a DSLR style body that uses all...

Carla and Colin are filmmakers to their core. So every year they participate in at least one film challenge. In the past, they have made documentaries in 5 days and been successful in placing in the competition. This film was for a 'feel good' competition,...

Every year we participate in the "International 5 Day Documentary Challenge". At the beginning of the competition, teams are given a theme and a genre, and in only 5 days they must shoot, edit and deliver a 5-7 minute documentary. We drew "behind the curtain"...

In 2012, Colin grew a 12 x 25 vegetable garden in his backyard. Since the plants grew quickly, Colin couldn't resist getting video shots of their progress. After the growing season was over, he was left with a video progression of his garden - from...

Empty Cup's Carla and Colin teamed up with buddy and colleague Evan Harper of Grand Design Films to enter a 5-day Doc Challenge. The contest was put on by DOC in conjunction with Hot Docs 2012, and it was a truly awesome experience and we...

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Carla and her friend Andrea entered Much Music's Stop Racism Video Competition when they were in high school. Their commercial was one of the 10 winning entries across Canada. These are some of the news bits that came out of it!...